Category: Costa del Sol

  • England to scrap amber list and simplify travel rules from 4 October

    England to scrap amber list and simplify travel rules from 4 October

    The UK’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that pre-departure tests for fully vaccinated travellers to England will be no longer needed. The UK’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed this Friday that rules for travel into England will be simplified from 4 October. The tourism industry on the Costa del Sol has welcomed the news

  • IKEA set to open a design space in Marbella in November

    IKEA set to open a design space in Marbella in November

    Ikea is set to open a new design space and collection point at the La Cañada shopping centre in Marbella in November. Although best-known for its huge retail stores, the Swedish company is betting on a new approach to allow it to connect with its customers. As a result, Ikea Diseña Marbella, will open in the

  • The Beach Club Higuerón

    The Beach Club Higuerón

    The Beach Club Higuerón offers a stylish modern venue right by the sea, where sea breezes and views across the Mediterranean mingle with a private pool and sunbathing decks bordered by a panoramic restaurant, terrace and clubhouse with bar and elegant lounge. This superb new facility is a point of reference since its opening this

  • The Bridge In Cancelada North Is Now Open!

    The Bridge In Cancelada North Is Now Open!

    The mayor of Estepona, José María García Urbano, and the territorial director of Metrovacesa for Eastern Andalusia, Lorenzo Santana, today visited the bridge and the pedestrian walkway that the developer has built in the north of Cancelada with Bel-Air. It is “the most important road infrastructure executed in Cancelada”, which allows joining two important areas of this urban

  • Work begins on The List Río Real in Marbella

    Work begins on The List Río Real in Marbella

    The start of the works at The List, promotion of Top Management in Marbella, will take place at the end of June, following the granting of the license to build by the town hall of Marbella. The List Río Real development located in one of the most exclusive areas of Marbella. It is a residential

  • June property sales in Andalucía reach 13-year high!

    June property sales in Andalucía reach 13-year high!

    As the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Spanish property market continues to subside evidence is accumulating that in Andalucía sales activity has returned to pre-coronavirus levels. The latest provisional figures published by the national government on Friday the 6th of August, relating to the month of June, report that 9,945 homes in the region changed hands

  • Foreign tourist arrivals in Spain hit new low in first half of 2021

    Foreign tourist arrivals in Spain hit new low in first half of 2021

    The first six months of the year have marked a new low for Spain’s tourism sector, which is still struggling to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Between January and June, there were 5.4 million international visitors to the country, according to figures released on Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). This

  • Construction costs soar 10% in six months

    Construction costs soar 10% in six months

    Construction costs in residential buildings rose 7.7% year-on-year until June. Thus, in just six months, prices have shot up 9.6%, as reflected in the Direct Construction Cost Index prepared by ACR. Thus, the Paid Price Index stood at 140.85 points, exceeding the maximum value reached since this series was published, which was recorded in the fourth quarter

  • Exciting plans unveiled for new 375-million-euro hospital in Malaga

    Exciting plans unveiled for new 375-million-euro hospital in Malaga

    There is no specific date for its opening, but the vision of what the future third hospital in Malaga will look like is already a reality. Juanma Moreno, the president of the Junta de Andalucía, has unveiled the provisional design for the new facility that he defined as of “transcendental importance.” “We are going to

  • Spanish house sales doubled in May in comparison with lockdown-affected 2020 figures

    Spanish house sales doubled in May in comparison with lockdown-affected 2020 figures

    Now that the effect of pandemic restrictions has begun to wear off more and more evidence is accumulating that activity in the Spanish property market has returned to pre-coronavirus levels, and this impression is further strengthened by the latest provisional sales figures published by the national government on 13 of July. The data relating to